What song are you playing on drums?

[wy yung]

dude, rosanna and fool in the rain are halftimeshuffles... or if you like 16th-note triplets...

Did not realise you were specific regarding those songs. Yes, set the metronome accordingly. When beginning a new technique, regardless of what it is, take it one note at a time and play very slowly with a metronome. Advice given to me many years ago by David Garibaldi. Very good advice.

Good luck.

[crazyjake19]

Oh yeah, I didn't really mention.. it's not that I can't get the ghost notes down, exactly. I can play the ghost notes fine with the bass on 1 and 3. Or I can play the whole beat perfectly without the ghost notes on the snare. But I was just having trouble playing the actual bass pattern with the snare ghost notes. Not sure why. But I'm getting it now :)

[jameswadewilson]

Slowly working on "Everything She Does is Magic" by the Police. The constantly (most of the time) moving hihat accents and sloshes are giving me fits.

I have what seems to be an accurate transcription, but this is going to take a while!


Update: Just read an old interview with Stewart Copeland where he says that they did six drums overdubs on this song and he enjoys watching bands try to cover this song.

[shadowtick]

Just began playing again after a 20 year layoff. Six months ago I started with a practice pad and the stick control book. Bought a nice yamaha e kit last month and found that while the speed and strength were coming back nicely, the time was not,

Ive been working with an instructor and the groove essentials book.

When not working on rudiments or the book, and just playing for the fun of it I have been playing the following songs just because 1) they are fun to play 2) simple time signatures 3) rock solid time

"You shook me all night long" by ACDC- Rudd can really lay down some solid time

"Let's groove tonight" by Earth, Wind and Fire

"September" by Earth Wind and Fire

"Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside

"Get down on it" by Kool and the gang

"The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac

"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac

Jane by Jefferson Starship

and working on

White Room by Cream

[Bluecoyote]

I have been playing along with John Mayall's new album Tough! Great straight ahead blues. Will be seeing him live in a couple of weeks. Maybe he will ask me up on the kit!
... Mmmmm, probably not, but if his drummer gets sick, I am ready!

[RhythmDrums]

Trivium - Pull harder on the strings of your martyr
Opeth - The grand conjuration
Tool - Fourty Six & 2
Tool - Schism

Im working on alot of other songs too, but I mainly play these.

[Ian Williams]

Paradiddle Rudiments ~ Single, Double, Triple and Paradiddle Diddle...are great adding creativity.

[jameswadewilson]

King Crimson - Starless Lots of 13 in this song.

Yes - Heart of a Sunrise Paradiddle-diddle heaven!

[ace76543]

rosetta stoned - tool

very challenging

[Drifter in the Dark]

John Mayer's version of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" from the Battle Studies album. Steve Jordan lays down a simple kick-snare-hat beat with no fills that's awesome to groove with. It's also a good beat to practice open-handed (with the left hand on the hi-hat).

[FunkyJazzer]

Spanish Joint by D'Angelo.

Drilling.

[mickey]

lots of rockers here!

I've been experimenting with Ornette Coleman's music - not so much playing along - that would be tough - as seeing what it inspires me into.

Also:

Fiona Apple - "When The Pawn..." (whole album, Matt Chamberlain on drums)
The Roots - "The Tipping Point" (whole album, ?uestlove killin' it on drums)
Jeff Buckley - "Eternal Life" as well as everything on the album "Grace" (Matt Johnson)

[Willis Mattei]

Nice thread!

"Dazed and Confused" - Led Zeppelin

"Soul Sacrifice" - Santana

"My Generation" and "Magic Bus" - The Who

"Come Together" - The Beatles

Plus a lot of technique work with my drum instructor.

W.M.

[crazyjake8493]

Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
^^^can't get enough of it!!

also, some VaDrum-inspired Super Mario and classical stuff
including the Star Wars theme and Imperial Death March

and..
Winger - Seventeen
Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Priestess - Lay Down
ZZ Top - La Grange, Waitin For The Bus
John Mayer Trio - Good Love Is On The Way, Vultures

[Wolvie56]

Pink Floyd Animals all the way thru. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason all the way thru.
Marilyn Manson - Cake and Sodomy - Tourniquet - Coma White - The Dope Show - Coma Black - The Nobodies.
Scarlet Sins - With You - Drown.
3 Days Grace - A lot of their stuff.

[jake_larson]

A Love Supreme-John Coltrane, all four suites
What is Hip?-Tower of Power
The Coolest-Dafnis Prieto
Jordu-Clifford Brown and Max Roach
The Sound of Muzak-Porcupine Tree
Wax Simulacra-Mars Volta
Upside Down-Eric Marienthal
Honor Thy Father-Dream Theater
Raining Blood-Slayer

[nicotine25]

I have been really into Kings of Leon lately...especially "Use somebody" and "Sex on Fire". The drumming is very organic and unique.

Also playing

Bouncing Souls "Lean on Sheena"
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Green Day - Various
John Mayer - Various
Porcupine Tree - Sound of Muzak
Foo Fighters - Everlong
RHCP - Various

Thats whats spinning on my ipod lately when I play, but many times I will put it on shuffle and hang on for dear life!

[mrbling]

a lot at the moment

raconteurs both albums
RHCP all of by the way some of stadium arcadium, BSSM and californication.
kings of leon newer stuff
A LOT OF muse loving assasin at the moment
tried some who but im a crap drummer so ...
some dead weather. (my guitarist loves jack white and makes me lern a lot of his stuff hence racs and DW)
arctic monkeys
and a lot more muse

[juan2many]

"All summer long" - Kid Rock

"Slow Down" - The Beatles

[Scorched]

The only songs I'm playing along too are for my endurance.

Dying Fetus - Homicidal Retribution

Any BDM song

[nick.bedford]

Muse - Space Dementia. Fairly simple drums but the song is epic.

[Geri Attrique]

Cherry Bomb by The Runaways is the first song I have tried to play along with. Screwed up at first and then got it, but with no fills. Not sure if I should try and transcribe the drum bits onto paper or just try and find the drum tab for it.

[Dipschmidt]

The Failsafe - Misery Signals.
Very fun song to play.

[Ian Williams]

Just for pure fun:
The Beatles - Bad Boy.
The Cult - Dirty Little Rockstar.

The one I like the most and not easy to play: Were Gonna Groove - Led Zeppelin.
(The way John Bonham hit the drums and the impeccable sense of timing, ride, hi-hat open/close, snare fills, tom fills and bass drum kicks)...awesome!!!

[mcbike]

I've been working on ahead/on/behind the beat grooves so this whats on my playlist

led zeppelin when the levee breaks
rolling stones - start me up
michael jackson - billie jean
zz top - gimmie all your lovin
rolling stones - brown sugar

and just playing along in general to the tom petty & the heartbreakers live boxed set.

[LeeLovesSabian]

The Bleeding - Five Finger Death Punch

[maxoys45]

The Ocean - Led Zeppelin :)

[joeysnare]

im really digging on playing "clouds over california" by devil driver latley kick arse rockin tune \m/ \m/

[Stvst29]

I'm really getting into the Foo Fighters' songs:Everlong and The Pretender

I'm a huge fan of Carter Beauford, so I love to play-along to Number 41 by Dave Matthews Band

[Hedon]

lethargica by meshuggah
the 4/4 snare going on through all the poly is driving me nuts, and as there is nothing remotely hard technical/coordination wise in that particular song the cycling snare is the only thing that you might actually mess up. as simple as it seems its pretty tough especially because the song is pretty slow and its not too easy to feel the groove inside the polyrhythmic riffs while keeping the bass drum in sync with the guitar

[vegassuper]

Petty Larcent - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark
Mustang Sally - Buddy Guy

[Dynath]

The Bleeding - Five Finger Death Punch

OH YEAH! Very fun song to mess around with!

[Dynath]

hmm well...

Spit you Out - Bullet For My Valentine
This Calling - All That Remains
SIx - All That Remains
Spirit of Radio - Rush
Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard
Flag In The Ground - Sonata Arctica
Heartbreak Armageddon - DragonForce


those r my basic daily songs I'm pretty much always playing a new song every day though

[Dynath]

rosetta stoned - tool

very challenging

That it is! Have you ever tried Ticks and Leaches?
THAT SONG IS SUCH A PAIN TO PLAY ALONG TO!!

[Ian Williams]

Practising "Scotland The Brave" fun and interesting snare rudiments exercise - singles, multiple bounce rolls, doubles, paradiddles.

[Wolvie56]

50 Mission Cap - Tragically Hip
Ariels - System Of A Down
What Do You Want From Me - Pink Floyd
Marathon - Rush

[tom2zip]

Alexisonfire - Mailbox Arson
Alexisonfire - This Could be Anywhere in the World
RHCP - Give it Away

[pavelitbay]

...its about how people thing ...feel fly..... :)
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[FueledbyMoon]

Abbey Road medley - The Beatles
most of the songs from Who's Next - The Who
Sgt. Peppers start to finish - The Beatles

and some other, more modern stuff.

[blackmaged]

'Geek U.S.A.' - Smashing Pumpkins <- I'm so close..
'The Glory of Man' - Minutemen <- almost no Minutemen drum covers on YT
'El Scorcho' - Weezer <- just because I like the song ;p

[Jeff Gordon #24]

Oh yea!


Love this thread...actually I'm doing Foreigners' "Double Vision". There's these little parts in there that I'm trying to nail down. It's a bit more difficult than it sounds just listening to the song.

[johnnyeatdrums]

'Soul Sacrifice" By Santana. That song is a monster!
Th first two Black Sabbath albums.

[WayneWickman]

In honor of St. Patty's, "Black Mountain Leprechaun Backside". An original.

[bfrancese]

Anything that Steve Jordan is playing right now.

[The Stones Rock]

Motley Crue-Looks That Kill, Shout At The Devil, Bastard, Helter Skelter, Louder Than Hell
The Beatles-Come Together, Octopus's Garden, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Helter Skelter
The Wailers-I Shot The Sheriff
Blink-182-All The Small Things, Whats My Age Again?
Guns N' Roses-Appetite For Destruction album
The Rolling Stones-The albums Black And Blue, Tattoo You, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Some Girls

Woah thats a big list haha

[adamkeiger]

Call me strange but, I like to mix it up. :)

Paramore - Crush, Crush, Crush.
Trivium - A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation, Ascendancy.
Blink 182 - Adam's Song.
The Academy Is - Slow Down.
=D

[MisterMixelpix]

Suicide Silence - Unanswered
Mushroomhead - Bwomp
Thrice - The Abolition of Man

Currently.

[tim167246]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dwp2Cavwzk

:D Play-A-Longs :D

[Jeff Gordon #24]

Just started working on Steve Miller's "Abracadabra". A few tricky subtleties thrown in there, but not too terribly difficult, and really fun to learn and play. Cool song.

[Ian Williams]

Began to play "For Those About To Rock, We Salute You" - AC/DC. It's a laid back groove, basically you pull the beat and interesting slow tempo.

[MattJ]

I tend to play a few songs quite often; Charlie Daniel's "Devil went to Georgia", Bela Fleck's "BigFoot", Dave Weckl's "Softly as in morning sunrise", Cream's "Crossroads" (live version, of course), Smashing Pumpkin's "Zero", Sepultura's "Territory", ELP's "Hoedown", Genesis' "Cinema Show".

One or more of those gets played just about every time.

[Fuo]

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
In Bloom - Nirvana
Epic - Faith No More
Creep - Radiohead
Give it Away - RHCP

[elliotMOOSEdrummer]

atm the world cup song
knaan : wavin flag
lady gaga: just dance
mj : beat it

are all really fun to mess around on!!!

<3

Elliot

[Crazy8s]

I've been digging Porcupine Tree lately. Groovy as heck and incredibly imaginative! Gavin plays so tastefully and builds layer upon layer of intelligent textures. It is very fun to play, and quite challenging!

Tony Williams Lifetime is another in the playlist. 'Fred' is farking FANTASTIC and about as hard to play as anything I've ever heard. Hear it HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3Rj4t79v0) on youtube. SENSATIONAL!!! Dih-dih-disshh Dih-dih-disshh Dih-dih-disshh Dih-dih-disshh BOOM!

[ba dum tish]

John Paul Jones - B. Fingers
(instrumental piece that has a great steady groove that starts on the 16th right before the 1, which is fun to play around with)

Soundgarden - Applebite
(nice slowish beat with some interesting time signature changes, but nothing too complex)

Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants
(Dave Grohl has great energy in this song)

RHCP - If You Have To Ask
(funky swingy groove)

Stone Temple Pilots - No Way Out

Puddle of Mudd - Cloud 9

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

Tears for Fears - Head over Heels
(nice simple 80's pop song, pretty much the same thing throughout the entire song with very few fills. Perfect song to use for forcing yourself to hold back.)

[YoungBoyDrummer]

Anything from

Muse, eg: plug in baby, hysteria, resistance and so on! such a good band lol

My Chemical Romance, eg: Teenagers, I Dont love You, and so on! and im trying to learn Black Parade :S

Tik Tok, by Kesha (improvisation)

Liquid Confidence, by You Me At Six

How To Save A Life, by The Fray

And Paramore! Most of their songs! lol

[unfunkyfooted]

the next commercial i see or incidental music i hear.

[Ian Williams]

Queen ~ I Want To Break Free.
Roger Taylor is a drummer with an strong feel while playing for the song.

[miraclemanays]

I'm learning Spain by Chick Corea for my trio. Thanks bandmates for picking a song that's only been played by Dave Weckyl, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Lenny White, and every other legendary drummer that will make me look like a chump.

[Max99]

Stockholm Syndrome - Muse
Careful - Paramore
All My Life - Foo Fighters

My three favourite songs to play with the moment.

[paradiddler]

Stockholm Syndrome - Muse
Careful - Paramore
All My Life - Foo Fighters

My three favourite songs to play with the moment.

Hey Max.

Nice group of songs! I (fairly) recently recorded myself covering "All My Life", so maybe you could have a look, be it for inspiration, or to see how you would play it (or not!). Just so you can have some ideas.

All My Life, Foo Fighters (http://theparadiddler.com/2010/05/25/all-my-life-foo-fighters-drum-cover/)

Hopefully we can get to see you play it! Rock on.

[austin412]

the chrous to failed creation by divine heresy...... not sure if im playn it fast enough bc ive nvr played it with the music but that start and stop double bass part is siiiiick!!!!!

[DinkenFlicka]

I've really been getting into pop music because studio musician's blow my mind. As lame as it may sound, I just learned Tell Me Why by Taylor Swift. The groove section in that whole album is AMAZING.

[Jennygirl]

Hi :)

I've been playing 'Steady as she goes' by the Raconteurs and 'Come as you Are' by Nirvana and trying to nail John Mayer Trio's 'I got a woman'. They're my favourites at the mo - most everything else is exam stuff - icky buzz rolls and set pieces!! :S

In my dreams I'm playing 'Rosanna' by Toto. :D

[Pocket-full-of-gold]

In my dreams I'm playing 'Rosanna' by Toto. :D

Don't stop dreaming.......it'll be a reality before you know it!! :-)

[Bo Eder]

Today I was playing along to "Home at last" from Steely Dan's Aja.

This song was the precursor to Rosanna, and much cooler. Jeff Porcaro was really trying to cop Bernard Purdie when they did Rosanna. Babylon Sisters from Gaucho would be another one.

And then I played Three of a Perfect Pair by King Crimson. There's something that is just soothing to me about their music. It's timeless even though the sounds they used in the '80s are a little dated. Another soothing moment from KC is the section in Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream where half the band played in 4, and the other half played in 13? I think? When they did this song live, it was funny to see the audience just stop during that section with that "what the hell is going on?" look!

[Pollyanna]

Today I was playing along to "Home at last" from Steely Dan's Aja.

This song was the precursor to Rosanna, and much cooler. Jeff Porcaro was really trying to cop Bernard Purdie when they did Rosanna. Babylon Sisters from Gaucho would be another one.

And then I played Three of a Perfect Pair by King Crimson. There's something that is just soothing to me about their music. It's timeless even though the sounds they used in the '80s are a little dated. Another soothing moment from KC is the section in Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream where half the band played in 4, and the other half played in 13? I think? When they did this song live, it was funny to see the audience just stop during that section with that "what the hell is going on?" look!

Warning!! The Dan Police are here! Babylon Sisters was actually on Aja - it's one of my fave tracks of all time. Agree that those two songs are way cooler than the whiny Rosanna and they still have that impossible (for me) half time shuffle with the triplet ghosts, although sans Jeff P's Bo Diddley accents.

Having said that, I've been practising to a drumless Rosanna lately, but playing it in my style with quarters on the hats with 1/8 note ghosts. With all the accents, that's challenging enough for and old slowhand like me :)

TOAPP ... just listening to it now that you've reminded me ... no one seems to make music like that any more :(

[Bo Eder]

Warning!! The Dan Police are here! Babylon Sisters was actually on Aja - it's one of my fave tracks of all time. Agree that those two songs are way cooler than the whiny Rosanna and they still have that impossible (for me) half time shuffle with the triplet ghosts, although sans Jeff P's Bo Diddley accents.

Having said that, I've been practising to a drumless Rosanna lately, but playing it in my style with quarters on the hats with 1/8 note ghosts. With all the accents, that's challenging enough for and old slowhand like me :)

TOAPP ... just listening to it now that you've reminded me ... no one seems to make music like that any more :(

Here in the states, Babylon Sisters is not on Aja. You may want to check again, or maybe that's what they did for the Australian market?

As for TOAPP - nobody but King Crimson made music like that! They seem to have that market cornered. And when people come along with stuff that sounds like it, they have to openly admit that it's a tribute to KC. That Bob Fripp....what a guy!

It would be really nice if someone had a drumless track to "Home at last". That Purdie shuffle is simply stunning!

BTW Pol, I have a great picture of my wife with Tony Levin. We had coffee in the same coffee shop in Hollywood one evening before a California Guitar Trio show. She loves that guy. He was really appreciative of the fact that we didn't bug him in the shop, but waited until after the show while he was signing autographs!

[Jennygirl]

Don't stop dreaming.......it'll be a reality before you know it!! :-)

:) :) :) :) :) :)

[Pollyanna]

Here in the states, Babylon Sisters is not on Aja. You may want to check again, or maybe that's what they did for the Australian market?

As for TOAPP - nobody but King Crimson made music like that! They seem to have that market cornered. And when people come along with stuff that sounds like it, they have to openly admit that it's a tribute to KC. That Bob Fripp....what a guy!

It would be really nice if someone had a drumless track to "Home at last". That Purdie shuffle is simply stunning!

BTW Pol, I have a great picture of my wife with Tony Levin. We had coffee in the same coffee shop in Hollywood one evening before a California Guitar Trio show. She loves that guy. He was really appreciative of the fact that we didn't bug him in the shop, but waited until after the show while he was signing autographs!

Wow, I must be going senile! I was sure it was on Aja but Mr Google tells me that I'm losin' it. Apologies from this former member of the Dan Police (medically retired).

Agree about KC - they were so unique. LTIA blew my head off, tho' admittedly I'd done a pretty good job on my brain cells by then. It took me a while to adjust to the change of direction with Discipline, but once I got it ... wow! What gets me about Crimmo is the mind-blowing sound they have always produced, right from that very first album. Would have loved to have seen them in their heyday.

Cool to have a shot of your wife with TL. What a talent ...

Maybe you could send a PM to Bernhard to see if he knows where you could find a drumless Home at Last? Yeah, BP is da man.

[schist]

Decapitated - "Long-Desired Dementia", "Invisible Control"
Fear Factory - "Bonescraper", "Replica"
Gloria Morti - "Pulchritude Of Rotting"
Psycroptic - "The Sword Of Uncreation", "The Isle Of Disenchantment"
R.E.M - "Lotus"

[mikeveny]

Sentimental Journey by George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic

The feel on this song brings out some serious emotion.

[Ainulindale]

playing around with Clutch, tricky...

[KBadd]

Our live gigs include:

Girls and Boys by The Subways
Ball and Chain by Janis Joplin
Mystery Dance by Elvis Costello
Wicked Games by Chris Isaac
You can't always get what you want by the Stones
A little less Conversation by Elvis Presley
Summertime by Gershwin

and others...........

[Ian Williams]

Yes it is, Roger Taylor plays the song with such energy and smoothness.

Stone cold crazy by Queen. It's a good little workout!
__________________

"Practice makes perfect"
Favourite drummer: John Bonham
My favourite Bonham pic below:

http://www.excellent-offers.com/gravy1.jpg

[Ian Williams]

Nice set list KBadd, I really like the one from The Stones.


Our live gigs include:

Girls and Boys by The Subways
Ball and Chain by Janis Joplin
Mystery Dance by Elvis Costello
Wicked Games by Chris Isaac
You can't always get what you want by the Stones
A little less Conversation by Elvis Presley
Summertime by Gershwin

and others...........

[toddy]

Tool - Jambi
and some other random stuff

[KBadd]

Ian,

The Stones song, "You Can't", is a difficult one to get down tight. You need at least 3 vocal parts and great syncopation. We are proud that we nail it! Thank you!

[mhdweston]

Well i mostly jam to Jarabe de Palo, a spanish rock band..

Well it gives me a chance to play stuff thats more latin oriented, and it they have a really nice fill, with a lot of room for improvisation..

[specgrade]

Feels Like A Hammer -- Dangerous Toys
Teasin' Pleasin' -- Dangerous Toys
Smooth Up In Ya -- Bullet Boys
Oed To Joe -- Bullet Boys
Breaking The Chains -- Dokken
Alone Again -- Dokken
The Hunter -- Dokken

[Pass.of.E.r.a.]

Today as warm-up I played to all of Coheed & Cambria's "In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth III". Favorite album by them for sure.

Aside from that though, I mostly play my bands original songs, covers aren't quite as fun.

-Jonathan

p.s. if you're interested in seeing some of the covers I've done recently head on over to my youtube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/AnesthetizedDrummer?feature=mhum

[Ian Williams]

Very interesting list, by the way I was just listening to: Lightning Strikes Again - Dokken, Under Lock and Key album.

Feels Like A Hammer -- Dangerous Toys
Teasin' Pleasin' -- Dangerous Toys
Smooth Up In Ya -- Bullet Boys
Oed To Joe -- Bullet Boys
Breaking The Chains -- Dokken
Alone Again -- Dokken
The Hunter -- Dokken

[specgrade]

Very interesting list, by the way I was just listening to: Lightning Strikes Again - Dokken, Under Lock and Key album.

Thanks, I'm a product of 80s hair metal bands. I used to have Under Lock And Key, it got stolen. I found Dokken's Greatest Hits and love it.

Today I played along to "It's Not Love" --Dokken-- and "Wheel In The Sky" --Journey--

[lachlin]

Gary Newmans "Cars" and Fortunate Son by CCR

[specgrade]

Gary Newmans "Cars" and Fortunate Son by CCR

I had Cars on a 45rpm record, I remember jamming to that. Big fan of CCR, too.

[specgrade]

"Twice As Hard", "Jealous Again", "Hard To Handle" & "Talks To Angels" --Black Crows--

[Dj magic d]

Happy-Mudvayne ..Matt McD is one bad ass mofo!
Slipknot-Duality
Stinkfist-Tool

[Hoobs]

Jellybelly- Smashing Pumpkins... still having a lot of trouble with it though. Jimmy Chamberlin is a beast.

[unfunkyfooted]

Tracey Ullman - ¨They Don´t Know¨

[ricc333]

Right now I'm practicing the @#%$ out of the 5 songs I'm recording drum tracks for right after Thanksgiving. Originals.

[richkenyon]

"Dodo" from Three Sides Live (Genesis) for next weeks' show!

[N.I.B.]

I've been working on Candlemass' "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" album lately. Until about January - February, I was having horrible tempo problems - it was becoming a real problem for the band class I'm taking in high school, and my drum teacher suggested I bring slow songs to his lessons because it's harder to play slow than it is to play fast. It really helps, since I never really developed a sense of tempo because I was never able to get a metronome and had to practice drums from recordings!

[sparky88]

Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom

[JaxonDrums]

Anything and everything by Radiohead.

[Jack Boyd]

Don't Stop Believing, by Journey - (my first attempt at open handed playing)

[Steffan]

Do it Again- Queens of The Stone age
Song for the Deaf-Queens of the Stone age
Song for the Dead- Queens of the stone age
Wanna be in LA- Eagles of Death Metal

[DragonDrumNinja]

Well this is my first song with my learning of sheet music and stuff.

Dirty Little Secret - All American Rejects

[iwearnohats]

Powerglove - So Sexy Robotnik
On the Virg - Native Metal
On the Virg - Alien Hip Hop
Nile - Divine Intent
Billy Cobham - Street Urchin

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

The songs I play through daily are Rosanna and Keep Forgettin' as well as the whole Aja album. I feel that gives me a good foundation as a sort if beginning drummer. I also usually play through a few more basic rock songs like AC/DC and Mellencamp stuff.

When I just want enjoy myself I put on the first Dyno 4 album and play along with that.

[Be26]

Coming up with a drum part for Girl With One Eye [Florence and the Machine] because a friend of mine plays and sings that at a nearby open mic place and I'd like to join her at some point. Idly considering doing the same thing for a couple of others, including Schoolin' [Everything Everything] - I've got the backing tracks and I'm just noodling around with them to see what I can come up with.

[hawksmoor]

I'm enjoying drumming along to When The Sh*t Hits The Fan/Sunset Boulevard from Todd Rundgren's A Wizard, A True Star. Some cool grooves on that.

[toddbishop]

Lately when I'm practicing I'll be singing/thinking of Solar, Moment's Notice, Someday My Prince Will Come, One Note Samba, or Alone Together.

[Yopps]

"No One Came" by Deep Purple.

Thats all for now.

[The Gedge]

I just found a tab for "Walk" by the Foo Fighters so I'm planning to learn that.
I also have a playlist of songs on my iPod that I use for fun on my e-kit.

[MaryO]

Been playing approx 5 months and here's my first 4 songs I'm seriously working on:

Love Hurts - Nazareth
Stir it up - Marley (instructor suggestion since he wanted me to learn a solid reggae beat)
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
She's My Baby - Traveling Wilbury's w/ Jim Keltner on drums.

[BuddhaTrixie]

Fire - jimi hendrix
Yyz - rush
Lust for life - girls

[unfunkyfooted]

Fire - jimi hendrix
Yyz - rush
Lust for life - girls

wow. you guys are good.

[unfunkyfooted]

Tom Petty - Breakdown

[pannbeen]

Tom Petty - Breakdown
this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIdkdPQsu6E

[The Middle C]

Rosetta stoned - tool
jazz crimes - joshua redman quartet

[Stalwart_Pandora-Chris]

My bands just starting out and we have our first gig next month so we're just learning basic stuff.

Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Biffy Clyro - 57
System Of A Down - Deer Dance
Blink-182 - Dammit (yes, I know I went on a rant about Travis earlier but this song ain't that bad)

and our own songs which are blends of other songs. One's kinda punkish and has a jazz solo... We're all 16 hahaha!

If you mean on my own

Old Biffy Clyro stuff, Loads of Led Zeppelin, Some Coheed, Some Every Time I Die, Some more System of A Down, Sunny Day Real Estate and more.
Also playing quite a bit of jazz atm too

[dreambeatlegend]

umm lets see...

Friday- Rebecca Black

still working on it

[radeq]

umm lets see...

Friday- Rebecca Black

still working on it haaaaaaaaaaaaaa good one!!!!! still cant figure out the opening groove, can you? :D

[Steve_tx]

Been banging the sticks since March and currently I like to drum to:
AC/DC: Touch Too Much, Back in Black, Highway to Hell, and You Shook Me All Night Long.
Bad Company: Feel Like Making Love.
Bob Marley: I Shot the Sheriff.
Bob Seger: Against the Wind.
Brothers Johnson: Strawberry Letter 23.
Commodores: Brickhouse.
David Bowie: Fame.
Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove.
Pretenders: Brass in Pocket.
Rick James: Mary Jane.
Rolling Stone: Miss You and Gimme Shelter.
Steely Dan: Peg and Do It Again.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mary Jane's Last Dance and Learning To Fly.

Question to you: Any suggestions for songs of similar skill and genre to those above? Obviously, I enjoy 70s / 80s rock and funk?

[Ian Williams]

Give a try to:

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams...%$#%&(=)P


Question to you: Any suggestions for songs of similar skill and genre to those above? Obviously, I enjoy 70s / 80s rock and funk?

[Steve_tx]

Give a try to:

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams...%$#%&(=)P

Excellent suggestions. Thanks!

[Ian Williams]

Your welcome brother drummer!

Excellent suggestions. Thanks!

[classicstar]

Opeth - The Moor

The Sword - Barael's Blade

Gojira - Clone

[adurbin]

New to the drums but I have been Jamming to these the last couple of days

Time-Pink Floyd

November Rain-GnR

Heaven-3 Doors Down

All slow and steady I know but, set within a practice routine allow me (after 4 days of owning my drumset) to keep steady time while still having fun, plus, I'm already nailing the fills in all songs (exciting for me, probably not the rest of you lol)

[unfunkyfooted]

Whole Lotta Love (isolated drum track)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-3RtCxRmyQ

[nhzoso]

Two tickets to paradise- Eddie Money I am having a hard time with the opening fill though..arrrggghhhhhh.

Jumping Jack Flash. Stone... Hardest part about playing this is not hitting any crashes like the original.

Lawyers, guns, and Money.. Warren Zevo.. Just love playing it

[mxo721]

....FINALLY...a song I can play all the way through...Behind the wall of sleep" by the Smithereens!

[nhzoso]

....FINALLY...a song I can play all the way through...Behind the wall of sleep" by the Smithereens!

Cool, the band just added Santa Monica to the set list so I will start working on that one tonight. Smithereens are a cool band

[aviator42009]

I can play the first few minutes of Stairway To Heaven.. Up until the part the drums come in >.<

[unfunkyfooted]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Sgnlz719Q&feature=related

[dallasfan12]

Miss May I - Architect
Veil of Maya - It's Not Safe To Swim Today
The Faceless - Pestilence
Born of Osiris - Abstract Art

[egbt4]

Dream Theater - The Dance Of Eternity ( just finished this one )
Herbie Hancock - Actual proof ( still working on it .... )

[Ian Williams]

Hi Fellows! thanks for keeping this thread alive! Keep them coming...

[csnow]

Working on Toto's Rosanna. Man Porcaro makes it look easy.... I am trying to learn that shuffle feel.

[McNeil Pro Drumming]

I did a note for note transcription of "Jump" by Van Halen and have been reading it down with a cover band that I work with. Alex Van Halen plays some really great broken up back beat displacement stuff on the instrumental/guitar solo section that he layers with some really cool ride cymbal bell and bass drum patterns. It's really musical and very organic.

[standupBela]

Getting into "I Will Sing You Songs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NroC3agrS8)" by My Morning Jacket next to the existing repertoire (whoo, sounds so swanky) The drums are not just decorative (http://www.fashionforhome.co.uk/decorative) in this song. Though I'm looking into something more up-beat for the next piece.

[Jeremy Bender]

"Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues.

[chrisopastic]

Ace of spades - Motorhead
Rope and Everlong - Foo Fighters
Really struggling with hihat part on Everlong. man its fast!

[ggicollegepunjab]

I play drums with rock music.

[unfunkyfooted]

Big Time Rush - Music Sounds Better With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRXlyoVlWTs&feature=related

[shambo]

Here's a few I've been stuck on lately:
Yes- Changes and Hold On
Audioslave- Your Time Has Come
Rush- Animate
Incubus- Pardon Me
Live- White, Discussion

Mostly depends on my mood, how pissed I am after a day at work, and how much caffeine I've had. I love my drums...music machine, stress reliever and cardio workout all in one...I laugh at my neighbor that hates his treadmill.

[Gvdadrummasum]

been running through every Steely Dan record lately

just too much fun

[Gvdadrummasum]

Working on Toto's Rosanna. Man Porcaro makes it look easy.... I am trying to learn that shuffle feel.


about a year ago I played nothing but Rosanna for weeks

couldnt get enough to that groove

love playing that song

[Pollyanna]

been running through every Steely Dan record lately

just too much fun

Great, aren't they? They're my standard jamalong fare. I'm obviously not slick and skip the hard licks in favour of holding it together, but their tempos and volume are closer to that of my band than most, which is nice.

Josie is my fave, where I do a brain dead version of Jim Keltner (but still pick up the 9 beat break near the end).

I play Aja too, and apply my Charlie Watts speed fills to the solos :)

[Gvdadrummasum]

Great, aren't they? They're my standard jamalong fare. I'm obviously not slick and skip the hard licks in favour of holding it together, but their tempos and volume are closer to that of my band than most, which is nice.

Josie is my fave, where I do a brain dead version of Jim Keltner (but still pick up the 9 beat break near the end).

I play Aja too, and apply my Charlie Watts speed fills to the solos :)

I love that lick at the end of Josie

I read a Keltner quote saying that it was something he would never have played and that it was all Fagen

if you havent read this you will love it , absolutely LOVE it

http://granatino.com/sdresource/md1.htm